There’s a Robot Finger Covered in Living Skin
In science fiction, if you shake a tree, a robot that looks like a person will fall out. We really enjoy the idea of creating things in our own image, from Data on Star Trek to the Terminator to the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica. Additionally, casting a person and claiming that they are a robot only makes for less expensive special effects. It was only a matter of time before real life followed suit with humanoid robots. And what we've come up with so far is, at best, unappealing.
Although there are a few stiff robots made to resemble humans, only soft robotics could get to the point where the adjective "slightly sweaty" might be used to describe how it appears. Japanese scientists have created a skin-covered, squishy robot finger. actual, live tissue.
The robot can repair any injury since the tissue is living. The idea behind the design is that if a robot seems more humanlike, people will be more likely to interact with it. This may be essential in circumstances where people must rely on robots, such as hospitals.
Given that the finger is not attached to anything and lacks a circulatory system, it is necessary to maintain moisture in the skin to prevent drying. They also acknowledged how mechanically it functions. No one discussed how it would seem on a robot face or what would happen if a robot with skin on it had an infection and lost its face. The foundation will eventually be strengthened by adding a fingernail, sweat glands, and hair follicles. Eventually, it might advance to a whole hand.
